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• Parameters at the instant of the conjunction in longitude.
• General phases.
• Geocentric phases.
• Back to the canon of the transits of Venus.

All the instants are given in Universal Time, for the present date the value of the difference between the Terrestrial Time TT and the Universal Time UT is taken as 18128.28s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.

Conjunction on -548/11/22 at 1h 13m 34.12s.
Geocentric longitude of Venus	234° 46' 34.740".
Geocentric latitude of Venus	+0° 7' 40.29".
Geocentric longitude of the Sun	234° 46' 34.740".
Geocentric latitude of the Sun	+0° 0' 3.38".
Equatorial parallax of the Sun	8.95".
Equatorial parallax of Venus	33.38".
Semi-diameter true of the Sun	16' 16.8".
Semi-diameter true of Venus	31.67".

Phases	Date and instant in UTC	Position of the contacts		Venus being in the Zenith in
		Longitude	Latitude	Longitude	Latitude
Ingress, exterior contact	the 21 st at 21h 11m 14.3s	+ 51° 11.3'	+ 2° 22.9'	+139° 56.6'	-19° 9.7'
Ingress, interior contact	the 21 st at 21h 28m 25.0s	+ 56° 5.1'	+ 4° 7.7'	+144° 15.4'	-19° 9.5'
Least angular distance	the 22 nd at 0h 56m 10.3s	+144° 5.4'	+60° 12.3'	-163° 34.9'	-19° 6.0'
Egress, interior contact	the 22 nd at 4h 23m 54.7s	- 43° 59.8'	+47° 17.1'	-111° 25.4'	-19° 2.5'
Egress, exterior contact	the 22 nd at 4h 41m 5.4s	- 38° 25.9'	+45° 40.3'	-107° 6.6'	-19° 2.2'

Durations of the general phases

• Duration of the general transit : 7h 29m 51.09s.
• Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 6h 55m 29.67s.

Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation

• Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 38.70 R
• Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : -20.22 R
• Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : -22.82 R
• Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 41.29 R
• Least topocentric distance : 7' 6.862"

Geocentric phases	Date and instant in UTC	Venus being in the Zenith in		Position Angle P
		Longitude	Latitude
Ingress, exterior contact	the 21 st at 21h 17m 49.8s	+141° 35.9'	-19° 9.6'	+ 86° 48.9'
Ingress, interior contact	the 21 st at 21h 35m 7.2s	+145° 56.4'	-19° 9.3'	+ 84° 52.2'
Least angular distance	the 22 nd at 0h 56m 8.6s	-163° 35.3'	-19° 6.0'	---
Egress, interior contact	the 22 nd at 4h 17m 13.2s	-113° 6.2'	-19° 2.6'	+321° 45.0'
Egress, exterior contact	the 22 nd at 4h 34m 30.6s	-108° 45.8'	-19° 2.3'	+319° 48.3'

Durations of the geocentric phases

• Duration of the general transit : 7h 16m 40.79s.
• Duration of the transit of the shadow : 6h 42m 5.95s.
• Least geocentric angular distance : 7' 31.223"

URL: http://www.imcce.fr/ephem/passage_eng/html_passage/VenusN548.html Last update : March 4th, 2004.